Moscow Paper Reports Medvedev to Form Rival Political Party to United Russia
11 Mar 2010
Bloomberg
Russian newspaper Trud has reported that President Medvedev may create a new political party to rival Prime Minister Putin's United Russia. Trud reported that Anatoly Chubais, first deputy prime minister under President Boris Yeltsin, may also become a leader of the as yet unnamed party currently being created by Medvedev's administration.
The paper also reported that Medvedev's first deputy chief of staff and chief political strategist Vladislav Surkov has given his backing to the new party. Medvedev's spokeswoman refused to comment.